redthief's cactaur still wont change from sabateur to final stage its been 3 weeks

[Cyriack]

Platform:pc
ISP:at&t
Type of Internet Connection:fiber
Internet Connection Speed:500
Date & Time:5:43 1/30/25
Frequency:always
Character Name:redthief
Race:elf
World:bahamut
Main Job:war?
Support Job:unknown
Area and Coordinates:mog garden
Party or Solo:solo
NPC Name:monster
Monster Name:monster
Steps:
1.I feed him water and poke him every day
2.then i feed him sunflower seeds and poke him
3.hes not changing in 3 weeks and slamslice changed 3 weeks ago. in total its been months but i wasnt doing it right before. Not sure if this is a glitch, a bug, or just my cactaur being stubborn. he keeps shuddering but not changing.
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[Zenion]

Are you doing both the water and the sunflower seeds on the same day? I'm pretty sure they'll only accept and be affected by one food item a day.

[Cyriack]

no i started with water till it got to 2 and a half stars, now im feeding it sunflower seeds and poke, it worked on the other cactaur..

[Dragoy]

he keeps shuddering but not changing.

If it actually is "shudders violently" that you see, I would indeed think there is something going wrong since that should be the sign of it evolving as far as I know.

If it's "squirms uncontrollably" instead, that would mean "try again tomorrow", and probably "working as intended".

[Uroah]

For the 4th time. It's working exactly as intended.

Looking forward to telling you the fifth time.

12/06 https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/62310-mog-garden-giving-me-trouble-again-with-cactaur
01/10 https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/62396-been-on-sabateur-for-a-month-and-a-half-now-with-one-star-and-it-wont-change
01/19 https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/threads/62421-cant-get-sabotaur-cactaur-mog-pet-to-get-past-2-stars.-been-a-long-time